Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > Max Mahlke wrote: > > > in runtime/doc/digraph.txt, the greek letter lambda is spelt LAMDA. I > > was looking for it under the accepted spelling LAMBDA, though I am aware > > that some people prefer the LAMDA spelling. I see that the vim source > > makes frequent use of both spellings. > > The unicode consortium uses LAMDA. It does mention "lambda" below > "GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA". I have no clue where the difference comes > from.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda gives an explanation: > Lambda (/ˈlæmdə/;[1] uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; Greek: λάμ(β)δα, lám(b)da) > ...snip... > Unicode uses the (Modern Greek-based) spelling "lamda" in > character names, instead of "lambda", due to "the pre-existing > names in ISO 8859-7, as well as preferences expressed by > the Greek National Body". -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAON-T_hz89WP-3ptNOeqt_eywZ3beCyW285h_0KEvQmrAxdxGQ%40mail.gmail.com.
